Kalemegdan Disk - ROCK FROM EASTERN EUROPE

Warner Music Poland Release Information

The first studio album “Nowy horyzont” (SACD Hybrid) by SBB in a limited edition, in the series “Polskie Nagrania Catalogue Selections”. This is the first edition of this album in the SACD (Super Audio Compact Disc) format. The choice of this format is a nod to audiophiles.

The album “Nowy horyzont” (New Horizon) by SBB, is one of the most progressive albums in the history of Polish rock. Pulsating bass guitar, rushing drums and scratchy guitar. Synthesisers, noises, murmurs.

In 1974, it began talks with the German CBS affiliate. The collaboration did not happen, but the recordings prepared for this western album became the basis for the group’s first studio release in Poland.

The material collected on “Nowy horyzont” already shows a slightly different face of SBB than the one known from the concert debut. SBB, previously known for their highly energetic concerts, combining the group’s blues roots with a fascination with the achievements of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, encapsulated their ideas in more compact, well-thought-out arrangements (“Na pierwsze ogień” (On the First Fire), “Błysk” (Flash)), complementing the album’s programme with psychedelic melodeclamation (“Ballada o pięciu głodnych” (Ballad of the Five Hungry)) and an extended suite with frenetic solo displays and a Chopin quote at the end (“Wolność z nami” (Freedom with Us)).

Tracklist

1. Na pierwszy ogień 4:18
2. Błysk 3:26
3. Nowy horyzont 8:24
4. Ballada o pięciu głodnych 3:50
5. Wolność z nami 19:48